Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-22

clan is allowed TO come near the premises.
. We can state, upon competent and re-
/ lla6ie authority, that there is absolutely
no danger Of a further spread q: the
! disease. 1t can be easily confined TO the
two families mentioned, and every pre-
! caution necessary TO restrict the con-
! Jagion to these limits has been promptly
taken by our authorities,
Darien Timber Gazette: For many
years past the chanuel marked out by
The United States coast survey across
| DOoOy bar and 10 sea, out OF this port, has
been gradually filling up, and to suon an
! extent that our people OrganiZed them
| selves and called a river convention,
/ which met here 10 November, 1855, 10
| memOranZe Congress tor an apPTOpria-
ton. OF the result of that action we Will
not speak, As all the facts connected with
/ Congressional action are known 10 our
readers. Su1hce to say. however, that no
/ public work has yet been done on Doboy
necessities, has been at work,
/ and during the past many years has been
at work deepening a channel to super
! sade the channel heretofore in use. Capt,
! Clancy, one OF our pilots, has made it his
/ duty and pleasure TO sound about in those
/ waters, and with the result stated at IN e
/ head of this article. Capl. Clancy Will
make fun statement OF the facts OF his
/ soundings to our proper local authorities
! OF course nature must be sOmew hat as
sisted by engineer skill, to give the proper
! shape and proportions to the work she
| las laid out, that it may be economical to
the uses and needs OF our port. With
NE little assistance now our port would
be one OF the best on the Atlantic.
Capt. j. p. Harris, OF Culverton, met
| with an accident week ago which came
near being attended with fatal results.
He Went 10 Sparta Friday afternoon 10
| consult DR.. Durham about some affection
! Of his head, and started home rather late,
| going down the railroad track. 1t was
! dark by the time he reached the trestie
! over the two mile branch, but he appre-
! nended no difficulty in irving to cross II.
! W Ten he had gotten out some distance on
! IL, however, he v as attacked with some
| thing like vertigo, and Tell 10 the ground,
! II distance of thIrty-tiye feet. HIS grOans
! attracted the attention of a passing
negro, who went on TO Cumb erton and
notified Clayt Turner, who went with a
! buggy to mis- relief. He was too serious
| ly hurt TO be moved in that way, so Mr..
! Turner returned, and getting Jim
Rogers to assist him the wounded
| man was taken in on litter. In
! the fall Capt. Harris had a hip dislO-
| Gated, three ribs broken and his face
badly bruised. His mind was wandering
| for some time after the mshap, ana
| serious doubts were entertained OF his
! recovery, However, under the skilful
| treatment Of DR.. Durham, ne began to
| improve early last week, and on Tuesday
| morning was moved to his home in Gull
| vertOn.
| Darien Timber Gazette: On Wednes-
day afternoon lastw were made happy
| by the sight of the government snag- boat
Toccoa steaming upin front of the city.
| en- route for the up-river. She remained
! in the city until Thursday morning, when,
| she, in command of her accom- lished aud
| worthy master, Capt. John II. Wester-
| field, Assistant United States Engineer,
| proceeded on her way. During her short
stop here we had long and interesting
talk with Capt. Westertield. The Toccoa
| goes up as far as the forks of the Ocmul-
! gee and Oconee rivers, where work will
| be commenced at once, if the waters are
not too high, and work down towards
| Darien. If the state Of the river
is too high for work, Capt. Westerheld
| will put flats to do the work, and will re-
turn to Savannah for the present For
this work the first session of the Forty
ninth Congress appropriated the sum of
| $4,000, and ii the boat can get to work,
the sum will be used in clearing the river
| Of distractions from the forks down TO
| Darien, The Toccoa has nothing to do
! with the $4,000 appropriated for the i'm
| provement of DOboy bar, consequently
tive Information in regard to that work
| for publication; still while here he OBJ
tanned great many points in reference
| TO the needs Of our port, which he has
! promised to report to Engineer Carter, at
| savannah.
Others besides Joseph NJ. Weaver are
implicated in the shocking tragedy OF
! Friday night of last week il Laurens
county. Mrs. Upton, the wife of the
l. 81
! made the uniforms for the disguise OF her
husband and Joe Weaver, with knowl-
| edge OF the purpose for which they were
| to be used, thereby making herself an ac-
eessOry before the fact. she claims to
| have tried to dissuade her husband from
this act, telling him that old man Joe
| Perry would shoot him. To this he only
replied that he guessed not, and that Joe
| Weaver, who, by the way, is the nephew
OF old man Perry, wanted money to run
| away on. Mrs. TiDton says that Seaborn
| Weaver, the father of Joe Weaver, arrang-
ed and did the planning for the work OF
! Upton and Weaver. Seaborn Weaver,
| Andrew Hobbs and man by the name OF
| Ranfield have been arrested, and are
under bail for their appearance at the
July term of Laurens Superior Court, to
answer to the charge OF harboring a con-
| yict, Joe Weaver. 1t is thought that
when the facts are fully developed, Hobbs
and old man Weaver will have to answer
| to the charge OF accessories. Diligent
search is being made for Joe Weaver, and
| bloodhOunds have been sent for. He is
still in the county, having been seen last
| Tuesday, but he is now armed with a
| Winchester rifle, and danger is appre-
hended when the arrest is made.
FLORIDA.
Arrangements are being perfected to
| atart a citiZenE hank at Davtona in n